Sumy Raion

Sumy Raion (Ukrainian: Сумський район) is a raion in Sumy Oblast in Central Ukraine. The administrative center of the raion is the city of Sumy, which is administratively incorporated as a city of oblast significance and does not belong to the raion. Population: 440,618 (2021 est.)[1]

Sumy Raion
Сумський район
Raion
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Raion location in Sumy Oblast
Coordinates: 51°1′32.8944″N 34°51′39.7152″E
Country Ukraine
OblastSumy Oblast
Admin. centerSumy
Subdivisions16 hromadas
Area
 • Total1,800 km2 (700 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[1]
 • Total440,618
 • Density240/km2 (630/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Websitehttp://sumy-region.gov.ua/

On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Sumy Oblast was reduced to five, and the area of Sumy Raion was significantly expanded. [2][3] The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was 61,836 (2020 est.)[4]

Location of Sumy Raion prior to the 2020 administrative reforms

References
  1. "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  2. "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  3. "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
  4. "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 30 September 2020.


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